Typographical composing-machine.



TYPOGRAPHCAS COMPOSING MACHINE,

APPLIU'ATIOH FILED MAY 3, 1913.

Paentee Oct, 2?, 1914.

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v JIL TYPE COMFANY, A CORPRATEON NEi/'U ,ireee Specification of Letters etent.

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.eppl'leaticn flee S, i913. eral No. Zi

To o23 wlw/m, t may concern:

Be it known 'that il, l' n S. KENNEDY, u citizen of the United States, residing Brooklyn, in. the county oi Kings State of New Yorir, here invented certain new enel useful inproyeinents in Typogrephicel Coniposingiriechines, of Whieh the following is e specification, reierenee being lieti therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to typographical composing machines, and more particularly to that class ,thereof known to the publie under the neme lii1oty}^. e,77 enel :is illus-- tinted, for instance, in Letters Tratent-oi the United States, to O. ll/iergentheler, No. 436,532. in machines of this type, it is they common practice to ineke use of motricesV representing characters other than those/ controlled by the keyhoerci. These entre or sorts l matrices are inserted by henri in l the matrix line tiuring composition, endil :1re subsequently cleliverecl by the clistribu- "e ter at e common point, from ivhichioreli i, narily they descend by grevity'through receiving tube into e pir-stacker or other receptacle :it the front ci' the machine. Such a mechanism, generally speaking, is olii in the nrt and is shown in Letters A.lfeten't ot the United States to E. Rogers, No. 530,112. c

"in the more advanced snol reiinecl pre-ctice, machines here been rieviseol wherein are employed e plurality of me gnzines, any one of which may be brought into operative relation to the keyboard and escepenient mechanism :it will, this result being` Sonietimes attained by shifting the meg-ezines with reference to the other devices, nfl sometimes by leaving the magazines st.- tionory and shifting some oi 4he other mechanisms with reference thereto. Such e plu rnlity or' magazines is intenclecl to 'provide a larger and more yerieci assortment of characters, which in tnrniney be again supplemented by the employment oi :nidi-- that ere more rarely used and are not contained Within the magazines or represented by the key board. These sorts correspond more or less in their face or style to the particular foce or style carried by the magazine in operation.v enel it is therefore clesirable that they shonlfl be segregated in the saune Way that -the priinexy matrices in the i magazines are kept seperate. To this enti, therefore, l provide a plurality of receptecles Yfor the sorts, so that the sorts rippen taining to eich ning-ezine Will be received 'in :i separate receptacle, and will be readily available to the compositor Without the necessity tor searching; through a. mixed mess thereffr1 to discover the particular iace or style, desired.

My invention relates to e. form oi: mechanism oi" the character above described, illustrated :is used, in connection with the ine-chine setfortl'i in Letters zitent of the -iilnited States 'to il. it. Rogers, Nes. 848,7?1

:incl 930,693, "wherein e plurality of stationery magazines 1s employed in connection with e vertically edgustebie sash frame,

vWl k'eh carries theescepeinent actuating de vices and may be brought intofoperzttiy'e relation to any selectecl magazine. As will dl'ipeztr from' the specific description thereof, the :seine principles are capable oit Lliflerent application and may also be adapted to distinctly Cliiierent styles of typographical me,H chinos, ih 'for instance those which handle type or dies instead of matrices. Generally speaking, "i desire it to be underv (lo not limit myself to :my

stoori that li perticnler 'form or embodiment, except in so for :is such limitations are speciiietl in the claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure i is e perspective View of portion of a linotype niechine of the cless referred to, having iny improvements embodied therein; Fi is :i transverse rer-tical section through the inegezines; il is section on the line 1g. il; Fig. is e. E ierilpeetiye, on :in enlarged scale, oi the pi-stziclrers de teche.; and e section on the line of 4.-.

.'he magazines fr, of which iourere shown, are mounted in permanent relation to thc'iniyirlnnl distributer rails or bers B., enrl the vertically lnoyeble assembling elements may be adjusted with reference thereto in substantially the manner rlescribed in the previously nientioneri l'Letters roe patent, Nes. 548,773, and 930,693. As will` released by the' distributer at' a common point. ln the present instance, the extra matrices X corresponding to the magazine in opera tion, are conveyed along the distributer rail B by the rotating screws C and pass therefrom through the last channel A of such magazine, the tube section F, and the tubo section G, into .the sorts boX H. In view of the fact that the sorts matrices X, corresponding to the partcula" font in operation, are delivered through the magaH zine containing that font, l employ a plurality of tube sections F, tube sections G, and sorts boxes H, or in other "words, a set of the said parts for each of the magazines il.. ln the use of pi-stacking devices of this description, it has been customary in the past to cause the sorts matrices to pass from l the sorts channel through an aperture foi-med in the bottom of the magazine.

liloivever, such construction would be an inconvenient one in the present instance, where a number of magazines are superposed in close relation to each other, and, therefore, l propose to take .the matrices from the magazine laterally through an opening E formed in the edge thereof and communicating with the sorts channel A. ln order to deflect the matrix through the opening E into the tube section F, I provide the block D, which is 'mounted in the channel A and is formed With an inclined end located in proximity to the opening E, in suchl manner that the matrix is directed through the opening and into the tube section F, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. v

In machines of the class described, the magazines il although stationary, are nevertlieless replaceable by others containing differentfonts, and for this purpose they are ordinarily removed at the front of the machine. instead of being rectangular in form, the .magazines are generally of considerably greater Width at the rear than at j the front, and to permit them to be slid forvvvardly during removal, l also arrange the upper tube sections F so that they may be detached at Will, and then restored to operative position after the change of magazines. As a convenient means for obtaining this result, I employ a frame or receptacle H, wherein the section. HF are mounted, and provide the frame write-suitable means, such as the clamping device J, whereby it may be readily connected to or disconnected from the magazines A.

Each of the sorts boxes H is equipped with means for advancing the matrices X therein, preferably inthe form of the star Wheel K (see Fig. 5), which is rotated by the shaft L, pulley M, belt N, andpulley O on the jack-shaft l), which shaft is in turn actuated by the pulley Q thereon and the belt B passing around the rotating pulley S.

y Referring to Figs. et and 5, it Will be seen that the star Wheels of all four of the sorts boxes H are actuated from thesingle shaft P, this result being accomplished by the employment of the two pulleys 0 thereon, the belt N from each of said pulleys operating the pulleys M on the shafts L of tivo adjacent boxes. By this simple arrangement of actuating parts, I reduce their number as Well as the space occupied thereby to a minimum. As previously stated, l have shown my invention only in preferred form and by Way of example, and as applied to. a specific style of machine. Obviously, many modifications and alterations therein Will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art Without ,departure from its scope. I

Having thus described ,my invention, its construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

1. ln a typographical composing machine, ,the combination of a plurality of superp-:sed fiat magazines for the type or` metric s, capable of independent use, and a corresponding plurality of sorts receiving devices, the parts being constructed in such manner that the sorts type or matrices are delivered laterally to the receiving devices through openings in the edges of t e magazines.

.2.111 a typographical composing machine, the combination of a fiat magazine for the type or matrices supported with its bottom face in close proximity to and obstructed by some other part of the machine, and a sorts receiving device, the magazine being formed with an opening in its side edge through Which the sorts type or matrices pass sideivise into the receiving device.

t. ln a typographical composing machine, the combination of the flat magazine A having the sorts channel A and supported with its bottom face in close proximity to and obstructed by some other part of the machine, With a sorts receiving device, the magazine being formed with the opening E at the side of the channel A and provided With 'the block D t0 deflect the sorts type or matrices sideivise through the opening into the receiving device.

t. ln a typographical composing machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines for the type or matrices, and a corresponding plurality of sorts receiving devices coperating therewith, a portion of the sorts receiving devices bein detachably mounted to permit the convenient removal of the magazines.

5. In a'typographical composing machine, the combination of a .plurality of magazines for the type or matrices, the said magazines being of greater Width at their rear than at the front, .with a corresponding.'

series of sorts receiving devices cooperating iso ' devices co'insratmg ma azins fior the De or i Mtrices ami si eori'eSpmiding pimahy of sorts receiving theiewih, a por'ioii the softs irsceiving; devices being detachaby @mecteci to the magazines to permit convenient remova of 'the "when desired. y

L in a iypogmphicai compusiiig; m21- chine, the combmziioi 0'2" 9, piui'siiiiy of A, im? the type 01 mai-Mises, the magazines being 0f greater Width at their rear 1than it the front, with cofresgonciing puiaiity ai? Sorts receiving tievices copeiaizing ab with, the said Le- Vices comprising the ses F and iieii' supporting fram-e H, and etachable means ci ino connect 'the 'ifiiiiem the magazines? iii 'to permit its discomiec'zioi .iiioi afiy forward ramva of the magix/img at Wi 8. In n 'typgisiphicai composing maf chine, th@ combination of a piumiity of magazines foi: the typ@ 0;? mziiics5 a; com@ Spomiing puraiity of sofs i'iceiviiig cievices coprziigiiig herswih, of means foi advancing the, yp@ or marices in 1'@ ceiviug cievices$ ami imchanism foto actuating advaning means, 'tim' said mechanism Qompising puiiej/s conneced to @zich of the adwfnsing "miams, h@ singie 5ba-545 E?, ti e puieys C thereon? mici baits N coiieef th@ puiiey :u1-:i puilej-,TS

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